Shooting their muskets

Shore emplacements

Sat, 2/14/09

Sugarloaf Key: Woke up to dense fog again this morning. Stood outside for a while under the awning and it sounded like it was raining—but it was moisture dripping off everything. Very strange. Fog cleared off early and we headed to Key West. Mike took me out for Valentine’s Day brunch. We tried a new restaurant—Azur—and what a great find. The food is excellent and they serve breakfast/brunch every day until 2:00. Lunch starts at 11:00 so you can do either. It’s a cute little place and we sat outside and enjoyed this beautiful day. After stuffing ourselves we headed to Fort Zachary Taylor where they’re celebrating Civil War days. We were interested in the naval battle. They had 4 or 5 schooners shooting at the shore emplacements and the shore cannons were shooting back at the schooners. And the schooners were shooting at each other. We’ve never seen anything like it. Great fun. Building began on Ft. Zach in 1845 and it remained on "active duty" status until 1947. Pretty amazing really. After that we parked over at the Eco Center parking lot and walked down to the Key West Speedway and Mike ran 4 races. Then we walked around for a while to kill some time and then headed to the Tropic Cinema. They’re showing the Academy Award winning shorts for a limited time. I really wanted to see them. There were 5 all together. One from Austria, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, and France. They were all very good. Walked back to the parking lot through Truman Annex. A beautiful, balmy evening.